i went into the convenience store a few blocks from my house to get a soda, and i noticed they had a small glass-topped box with various cigars inside for sale. i asked if they had any of the boxes still... the guy gave me two, and will continue giving em to me as they become available. i'm stoked, and the owner is stoked... (he was just throwing them away!! ack!)

anyway, thought i'd mention it in case anyone is looking for boxes, and are coming up empty-handed -- check your local Kwikee Mart! heh.

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Hmmmmm. Might be a thinner type box than you can use. Post a pic. Some are nt usable

-WY
Wonder if hes talking about the original boxs before being put in the display. Those would be that soft cardboard from white owls and other blunt type cigars the kids use .......Right?
I would think so. Ooooo way to thin to use.

-WY

Rev. Nix said:
Wonder if hes talking about the original boxs before being put in the display. Those would be that soft cardboard from white owls and other blunt type cigars the kids use .......Right?
Here's a pic of the 2 boxes... both are wood covered with glued-on wood, which thankfully there was just a recent thread about removing all that junk.


Wes Yates said:
Hmmmmm. Might be a thinner type box than you can use. Post a pic. Some are nt usable

-WY
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That Macanudo is a great box, I just built one look at my page for pics. Sound is sweet, good freebies. Just wondering why remove the labels? The cigar box label gives them character, just my opinion though. The other box looks perfect too, keep going back to the convenience store.

Dan Haugh said:
Here's a pic of the 2 boxes... both are wood covered with glued-on wood, which thankfully there was just a recent thread about removing all that junk.


Wes Yates said:
Hmmmmm. Might be a thinner type box than you can use. Post a pic. Some are nt usable

-WY
Well sir, you lucked out! Nice boxes. Happy building :-)

-WY

Dan Haugh said:
Here's a pic of the 2 boxes... both are wood covered with glued-on wood, which thankfully there was just a recent thread about removing all that junk.


Wes Yates said:
Hmmmmm. Might be a thinner type box than you can use. Post a pic. Some are nt usable

-WY
yeah - i totally lucked out, for sure! anyway, i was hoping that other people might luck out as well at their local convenience store, or by some other unconventional location.

Wes Yates said:
Well sir, you lucked out! Nice boxes. Happy building :-)

-WY

Dan Haugh said:
Here's a pic of the 2 boxes... both are wood covered with glued-on wood, which thankfully there was just a recent thread about removing all that junk.


Wes Yates said:
Hmmmmm. Might be a thinner type box than you can use. Post a pic. Some are nt usable

-WY
yeah - ugh, i just don't know. on one hand i wanna remove the labels altogether, but on the on the other hand, like you mentioned, leaving the labels give em a certain character that's not easily replicable - a certain Je ne sais quoi, as it were. is there already a thread regarding one's opinion about labels on vs. labels removed, aesthetically speaking?

MichaelS said:
That Macanudo is a great box, I just built one look at my page for pics. Sound is sweet, good freebies. Just wondering why remove the labels? The cigar box label gives them character, just my opinion though. The other box looks perfect too, keep going back to the convenience store.

Dan Haugh said:
Here's a pic of the 2 boxes... both are wood covered with glued-on wood, which thankfully there was just a recent thread about removing all that junk.


Wes Yates said:
Hmmmmm. Might be a thinner type box than you can use. Post a pic. Some are nt usable

-WY
You lucked out at the convenience store. Most of them in my area only buy enough to stock their display so they don't even deal with boxes.
I built a wall hanger cbg for a local liqueur store that has a nice cigar selection and all his boxes from 3 stores come to me now. I go in weekly and pick up boxes and make nice-nice with the owner.To my knowledge nobody around me builds cbg's so I'm happy to snatch them up for myself! I'm up to around 200 boxes now so the free cbg was worth the effort.....and the fact I buy all my wine and Captian Morgan from him dosen't hurt any either.
Aesthetically its up to you, but the corner joints of the paper covered box's are not that nice, the unrapped box's with the nice varnished finish are much better. You may not like what you see under the paper, just plywood stapled together with a little glue also. Some box's work well backwards, then you have a clean face to work with and the label is to the back, they say the sound is better this way also. Food for thought. In the end it's up to you, its your work of art and at the price of the box you cant go wrong.

Dan Haugh said:
yeah - ugh, i just don't know. on one hand i wanna remove the labels altogether, but on the on the other hand, like you mentioned, leaving the labels give em a certain character that's not easily replicable - a certain Je ne sais quoi, as it were. is there already a thread regarding one's opinion about labels on vs. labels removed, aesthetically speaking?

MichaelS said:
That Macanudo is a great box, I just built one look at my page for pics. Sound is sweet, good freebies. Just wondering why remove the labels? The cigar box label gives them character, just my opinion though. The other box looks perfect too, keep going back to the convenience store.

Dan Haugh said:
Here's a pic of the 2 boxes... both are wood covered with glued-on wood, which thankfully there was just a recent thread about removing all that junk.


Wes Yates said:
Hmmmmm. Might be a thinner type box than you can use. Post a pic. Some are nt usable

-WY
MichaelS: Aesthetically its up to you, but the corner joints of the paper covered box's are not that nice, the unrapped box's with the nice varnished finish are much better. You may not like what you see under the paper, just plywood stapled together with a little glue also. Some box's work well backwards, then you have a clean face to work with and the label is to the back, they say the sound is better this way also. Food for thought. In the end it's up to you, its your work of art and at the price of the box you cant go wrong.

I shortened the thread here.

In fact, Daddy Mojo might just be doing just that -- removing the labels (http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/2592684:Photo:20318?context=user).

Also if you use the back you might have a great surface to do some art (http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/lightnin-hopkins http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/lightnin-hopkins/next?context=user http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/rl-burnside/next?context=user).

-WY
I've been going through a number of paper-covered boxes - since I can get them more easily than the plain wood.

I've found some paper-covered boxes made of cardboard with a plywood bottom, others are a plywood/fibre composite of some type with plywood on top & bottom. So far it's taking me about 4 hours to get all the paper off and then there are complications - like the top doesn't fit very well any more, the box is too flimsy and has to be reinforced substantially, etc.

Another issue with using the bottom is that most that I get have a deep diagonal cut along the bottom that interferes with the looks.

So far it seems to me that if you've got paper-covered boxes you're probably best off keeping them that way.

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